Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020

27 Combination of reviews by the independent reviewer

(1) Subsection (2) applies where, in respect of the same Level 2 review application, a review is to be carried out by the independent reviewer under more than one of—

(a) section 22,

(b) section 24,

(c) section 26.

(2) The Scottish Ministers must arrange for the reviews to be carried out by the independent reviewer together as a single review.

(3) Subsection (4) applies where, in respect of the same Level 2 review application—

(a) a review is to be carried out by the independent reviewer under section 22, and

(b) a review (the “earlier review”) is to be carried out under (either or both)—

(i) section 23,

(ii) section 25.

(4) The Scottish Ministers must ensure that the review to be carried out by the independent reviewer is not started until—

(a) the outcome of the earlier review or reviews has been notified to the applicant, and

(b) the relevant period has expired.

(5) The relevant period is the period mentioned in whichever of the following applies—

(a) section 24(2),

(b) section 26(2).

(6) Where both of those sections apply and the periods mentioned in them do not expire at the same time, the relevant period is taken to expire when the later period expires.